Grade 8 NY State Math Test Guide

Grade 8 calculator and tools

• Each student must have exclusive use of a scientific calculator in both sessions; graphing calculators are prohibited.
• Ruler and protractor in both sessions
• Grade-specific mathematics reference sheet in both sessions
• Equivalent CBT tools

Grade 8 test forms and windows

Grade 8 New York Math Test

Annual spring assessment administered in two sessions on two consecutive locally selected school days. 2027-04-05 through 2027-05-14. Schools select two consecutive days; the whole grade tests on the same selected two days.

• Session 1: 32 visible questions
• Session 2: 16 visible questions

Grade 8 reporting categories

Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities

28–41% of the published blueprint. Eligible codes: NY-8.EE.1, NY-8.EE.2, NY-8.EE.5, NY-8.EE.6, NY-8.EE.7a, NY-8.EE.7b, NY-8.EE.8a, NY-8.EE.8b.

Functions

16–25% of the published blueprint. Eligible codes: NY-8.F.1, NY-8.F.2, NY-8.F.3, NY-8.F.4, NY-8.F.5.

Geometry

28–41% of the published blueprint. Eligible codes: NY-7.G.2, NY-7.G.3, NY-7.G.4, NY-7.G.5, NY-7.G.6, NY-8.G.1a, NY-8.G.1b, NY-8.G.1c, NY-8.G.2, NY-8.G.3, NY-8.G.4, NY-8.G.5, NY-8.G.6, NY-8.G.7, NY-8.G.8, NY-8.G.9.

The Number System

2–9% of the published blueprint. Eligible codes: NY-8.NS.1, NY-8.NS.2.

Statistics and Probability

4–11% of the published blueprint. Eligible codes: NY-8.SP.1, NY-8.SP.2, NY-8.SP.3.

Official response formats

single choice, numeric or short entry, constructed response.

Standards eligible for current Grade 8 forms

• NY-7.G.2: Draw triangles when given measures of angles and/or sides, noticing when the conditions determine a unique triangle, more than one triangle, or no triangle.
• NY-7.G.3: Describe the two-dimensional shapes that result from slicing three-dimensional solids parallel or perpendicular to the base.
• NY-7.G.4: Apply the formulas for the area and circumference of a circle to solve problems.
• NY-7.G.5: Use facts about supplementary, complementary, vertical, and adjacent angles in a multi-step problem to write and solve simple equations for an unknown angle in a figure.
• NY-7.G.6: Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area of two-dimensional objects composed of triangles and trapezoids.
• NY-8.EE.1: Know and apply the properties of integer exponents to generate equivalent numerical expressions.
• NY-8.EE.2: Use square root and cube root symbols to represent solutions to equations of the form x2 = p and x3 = p, where p is a positive rational number. Know square roots of perfect squares up to 225 and cube roots of perfect cubes up to 125. Know that the square root of a non-perfect square is irrational.
• NY-8.EE.5: Graph proportional relationships, interpreting the unit rate as the slope of the graph. Compare two different proportional relationships represented in different ways.
• NY-8.EE.6: Use similar triangles to explain why the slope m is the same between any two distinct points on a non-vertical line in the coordinate plane; derive the equation y = mx for a line through the origin and the equation y = mx + b for a line intercepting the vertical axis at b.
• NY-8.EE.7a: Recognize when linear equations in one variable have one solution, infinitely many solutions, or no solutions. Give examples and show which of these possibilities is the case by successively transforming the given equation into simpler forms.
• NY-8.EE.7b: Solve linear equations with rational number coefficients, including equations whose solutions require expanding expressions using the distributive property and combining like terms.
• NY-8.EE.8a: Understand that solutions to a system of two linear equations in two variables correspond to points of intersection of their graphs, because points of intersection satisfy both equations simultaneously. Recognize when the system has one solution, no solution, or infinitely many solutions.
• NY-8.EE.8b: Solve systems of two linear equations in two variables with integer coefficients: graphically, numerically using a table, and algebraically. Solve simple cases by inspection.
• NY-8.F.1: Understand that a function is a rule that assigns to each input exactly one output. The graph of a function is the set of ordered pairs consisting of an input and the corresponding output.
• NY-8.F.2: Compare properties of two functions each represented in a different way (algebraically, graphically, numerically in tables, or by verbal descriptions).
• NY-8.F.3: Interpret the equation y = mx + b as defining a linear function, whose graph is a straight line. Recognize examples of functions that are linear and non-linear.
• NY-8.F.4: Construct a function to model a linear relationship between two quantities. Determine the rate of change and initial value of the function from a description of a relationship or from two ( x, y) values, including reading these from a table or from a graph. Interpret the rate of change and initial value of a linear function in terms of the situation it models, and in terms of its graph or a table of values.
• NY-8.F.5: Describe qualitatively the functional relationship between two quantities by analyzing a graph.
• NY-8.G.1a: Verify experimentally lines are mapped to lines, and line segments to line segments of the same length.
• NY-8.G.1b: Verify experimentally angles are mapped to angles of the same measure.
• NY-8.G.1c: Verify experimentally parallel lines are mapped to parallel lines.
• NY-8.G.2: Know that a two-dimensional figure is congruent to another if the corresponding angles are congruent and the corresponding sides are congruent. Equivalently, two two-dimensional figures are congruent if one is the image of the other after a sequence of rotations, reflections, and translations. Given two congruent figures, describe a sequence that maps the congruence between them on the coordinate plane.
• NY-8.G.3: Describe the effect of dilations, translations, rotations, and reflections on two-dimensional figures using coordinates.
• NY-8.G.4: Know that a two-dimensional figure is similar to another if the corresponding angles are congruent and the corresponding sides are in proportion. Equivalently, two two -dimensional figures are similar if one is the image of the other after a sequence of rotation s, reflections, translations, and dilations. Given two similar two-dimensional figures, describe a sequence that maps the similarity between them on the coordinate plane.
• NY-8.G.5: Use informal arguments to establish facts about the angle sum and exterior angle of triangles, about the angles created when parallel lines are cut by a transversal, and the angle -angle criterion for similarity of triangles.
• NY-8.G.6: Understand a proof of the Pythagorean Theorem and its converse.
• NY-8.G.7: Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to determine unknown side lengths in right triangles in real- world and mathematical problems in two and three dimensions.
• NY-8.G.8: Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to find the distance between two points in a coordinate system.
• NY-8.G.9: Given the formulas for the volume of cones, cylinders, and spheres, solve mathematical and real- world problems.
• NY-8.NS.1: Understand informally that every number has a decimal expansion; for rational numbers show that the decimal expansion eventually repeats. Know that other numbers that are not rational are called irrational.
• NY-8.NS.2: Use rational approximations of irrational numbers to compare the size of irrational numbers, locate them approximately on a number line, and estimate the value of expressions.
• NY-8.SP.1: Construct and interpret scatter plots for bivariate measurement data to investigate patterns of association between two quantities. Describe patterns such as clustering, outliers, positive or negative association, linear association, and nonlinear association.
• NY-8.SP.2: Understand that straight lines are widely used to model relationships between two quantitative variables. For scatter plots that suggest a linear association, informally fit a straight line, and informally assess the model fit by judging the closeness of the data points to the line.
• NY-8.SP.3: Use the equation of a linear model to solve problems in the context of bivariate measurement data, interpreting the slope and intercept.